That rifle has a lot of the indications that it is a rifle used for chunk, over-the-log or table matches. Heavy barrel, small caliber, no half cock as that was not needed for that style of target shooting shooting, Set trigger and very solidly peened sights. With such rifles, it was not so important who made it, but who was shooting it.
Since the rifle was shot using a sighter target on the plank with the inscribed X. Not so important as to where the ball was striking the sighter target. What was important was how tight was the group. The course of the match was to shoot three times at the sighter target to establish a group. The center of the group on the sighter target is placed over the X on the scoring target. The score is calculated from the center of the ball to the crossing of the X. Individual matches are scored for each target. There may be a overall winner for the "shortest string" or the smallest sum of all the measurements of the ball center to the crossing of the X.
With respect to such a Chunk gun, it was important to be there when the original owner's eyesight worsened up so that moving the sights down the barrel weren't working or if he only had daughters, being there when the daughter came of marrying age as those rifles weren't sold but inherited.
